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Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 36416

Collection of a small blood sample by pricking the skin, typically at a fingertip, heel, or earlobe, instead of drawing blood from a vein. It covers only obtaining the sample; the laboratory tests run on it are billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Sample Taken by Skin Prick cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.12$3.63 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$4.47 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $95Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $2 to $17
$1$5$20$100$500facility $10professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.91
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.47
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$12.59

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$9.12

AK $19.95DE $2.95

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.